From the top of another head:
Banning DDT,
Removing Freon from AC systems,
mandatory seat-belts and airbags in cars,
Residential ground fault detection outlets,
Electricity system codes,
Gas line codes,
Building safety codes ...
Yes, totally. But the topic is “regulating technology”. In general this space is evolving far faster than oil or building codes, and regulating innovation is much harder than regulating established standards.
* Unleaded gasoline
* Earthquake-proof building codes
* Air pollution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_of_1963#Effects)
These are just a few that I quickly came up with off the top of my head. Obviously, not all regulation works. But it is so incredibly false to say there doesn't exist effective regulation that has made our lives much better.